Unisex name · since 2002
Harlow
Harlow has 13,986 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,353 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #309 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,986
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
13,986 babies have been named Harlow since 2002, making it today's #309 unisex name.
Harlow has 13,986 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #309 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #1,353 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #309 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13,986 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Harlow ranks #1,353 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #309 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13,986 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,353 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #309 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,986
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Harlow's 13,986 recorded births place it above 98.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Harlow compares
13,986 Top 8% higher than 92% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Harlow's all-time total is 37x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Harlow | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13,986 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,278 | 21 | 19,840 |
Harlow's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Harlow's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 83% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 17%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 1,278, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Harlow popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 1,278
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Harlow popularity over time - boys
2,669 total births recorded since 1882 (Harlow as boys' name)
Harlow by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (6,773 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Harlow's strongest decade.
6,773 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Harlow births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 516
2000s
516 births
- 2010s
2010s
6,697 births
- 2020s
2020s
6,773 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 6,773 births (48% of all-time use).
How Harlow compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Harlow's total volume
Harlow by state
Where Harlow concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,723 | 12.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,039 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 611 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 562 | 4.0% |
| #5 | New York | | 516 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 470 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Washington | | 462 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 450 | 3.2% |
1,723 of 13,986 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Harlow appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Harlows (1,723 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Harlow draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.